Submitted photoThe Pascommuck Conservation Trust recently acquired this land on Paul Street that will augment the Pomeroy Meadows Conservation Area in Easthampton

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EASTHAMPTON — The Pascommuck Conservation Trust has launched a fundraising campaign called “Save Open Space in Our Neighborhoods,” and is looking to raise $133,000 to help support the trust's recent acquisitions.

The trust, which hopes to save open space in every neighborhood in the city, has acquired 28 acres – 22 acres at Pomeroy Meadows Conservation Area along Paul Street and Ranch Avenue, expanding the site to 37 acres, and six acres that allow the expansion of the Brickyard Brook Conservation Area along East Street to 17.4 acres. The combined purchase price was $162,500.

“The really great thing (about these purchases) is they’re both adjacent to existing conservation areas. It’s not often you have the opportunity to do that,” said board member Doug Wheat. “We’re trying to make open space easily accessible in different areas.”

The Brickyard purchase allows for added access, he said. “We’re very exited to be able to do that.”

The goal is to raise $57,500 in local donations and another $75,500 in grants. The local donations will help the organization raise the grant money, he said. The money will help pay for developing trails, stairways, bridges and viewing platforms at the Pomeroy Meadows Conservation Area.

The total cost for the Pomeroy Meadows expansion, including land acquisition, is $95,000; the total cost for the Brickyard Brook expansion, including land acquisition, is $108,000. The Easthampton Community Preservation Act Committee has contributed $70,000 toward the land acquisitions.

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So far $8,500 has been raised in local donations toward the $57,500 goal.

Wheat said the trust was involved in the $2.85 million Echodale Farm purchase, but this fundraising goal is the largest the trust has launched itself.

The Pascommuck Conservation Trust has scheduled a tour of the Brickyard Brook property for Sept. 15 at 10 a.m., beginning at the end of Mt. Tom Avenue. A tour of Pomeroy Meadows is scheduled for Sept. 16 at 11 a.m., meeting at the end of Ranch Avenue. Both tours will cover land that does not yet have a trail system.

To make a donation to the “Save Open Space in Our Neighborhoods” campaign, visit Pascommuck Trust Fundraiser for Open Space on Facebook or mail a donation to Pascommuck Conservation Trust, P.O. Box 806, Easthampton, MA 01027.